Posted on 08/31/2015 5:31:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 8/31/15
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
soporific; adj.
1.Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep. 2.Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy. 3.A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep
Etymology: "tending to produce sleep," 1680s, from French soporifique (17c.), formed in French from Latin sopor (genitive soporis) "deep sleep" (see sopor ). As a noun from 1722. Earlier as an adjective was soporiferous (1580s as "characterized by excessive sleep," c.1600 as "soporific").
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
That had not occurred to me, either.
Yes, our climate along the Gulf Coast is just like Florida - you will find alligators all across the southeastern US and even up into southeast Oklahoma and arkansas
FReeper content is never soporific. In fact, I stay up all night reading posts.
Oh Neo, congratulations - I’m so happy for you.
Early here too. They started August 7.
Thanks
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